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AD ALTA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research (09 AD ALTA JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH OF BUILDING AMENITIES IN PANEL BLOCK BUILDINGS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC aDAGMAR KUTÁ 1.4 Research Methods VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Republic CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) or On-line email: [email protected] querying The work were supported by funds for Conteptual Development of Science, Research . the fastest and most affordable method of surveying in and Innovation for 2019 allocated to VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. quantitative research . interviewing is via the Internet, the respondent fills in the questionnaire directly on the website (Netquest.cz) Abstract: This paper deals with the issues of the building amenities of panel buildings . Respondents' responses are automatically sent to the email from the perspective of the realistic usability by the residents. To determine the owner of the questionnaire where they can be continuously weighted user comfort, the paper used, as general input methods of processing the issue, descriptive statistics, or more precisely put, qualitative research. This method checked during the data collection was chosen for its best informative ability to arrive at certain results based on an in- . the main advantages are speed, low financial cost, depth comprehension of the details. The subject is very timely and necessary, with possibility to include multimedia materials and easy error respect to the necessity of regeneration of the housing inventory in the Czech Republic. This is not just a theoretical problem, but must also be addressed in practice. correction in the questionnaire Keywords: panel building, building amenities, quantitative research, usability. PAPI (Paper and Pen Interviewing) or personal questioning . is more flexible than written questionnaires- allows one to 1 Introduction add observations . the sampling structure is carefully selected by the 1.1 Working Hypotheses interviewer and there is no problem with returns of the questionnaires Hypothesis_1 . A competent interviewer inspires interest in answering and The current demands for the existence of building infrastructure explaining even more demanding questions and notes open in (panel) apartment buildings are directly proportional to their answers originally intended functions. a potential negative factor that may have an impact is the respondent's concern about the loss of anonymity and the Hypothesis _2 resulting inhibitions. The real usability of building amenities in (panel) apartment . as a non-standardized interview, it approaches qualitative buildings is greater or smaller depending on the size of the methods, as it examines the respondent's motivation and apartment units. gives him room for more extensive expression (CAMPBELL, 2014) Hypothesis _3 There exists a relationship between the placement of the selected building amenities within the context of a (panel) apartment 2 Identification of the Issue According to Examination of building and its real usability. Public Materials Available on the Issue 1.2 Work Methodology During the period of construction of apartment buildings, it was common for every new building to have building amenities that Table 1: Description of data collection in quantitative research. designed for it and also used extensively, whereas nowadays (Punch, 2015). these spaces rarely fulfill their originally intended function. Quantitative data collection Research sample of people is a large number of respondents The design of a building was meant to always be a natural Performed primarily using questionnaire surveys response to the needs of a user whose housing requirements Examines the issues tangentially change over time. Not time demanding 1 Deduction from the results The question arises as to whether the purpose of building Statistical processing of data equipment should be totally restricted by fixed principles as 1 Deduction = is a process of judging in which assumptions lead defined by the standard, or should be more focused on real use to conclusions that are reached from these assumptions, whereas and respond to the changing needs of the user. the derivation is certain, not merely probable. It is therefore the basic procedure for proof. Prior to the design (reconstructions) of the layout of a building and apartment, it is necessary to clarify the demands for 1.3 Quantitative Research operating relationships, functional and across-the-board requirements. (OSTANSKA, 2019) Data collection using standardized questionnaires (focused on confirmation or refutation of hypotheses 1 – 3) on building It is also necessary to realize that the form of housing determines amenities in apartment buildings. the purpose of the building amenities of apartment buildings, in particular with respect to the highest possible profit. For data collection, the Netquest.cz, portal was used, which is publicly accessible and so ensures a wide range of respondents. 3 Research Quantitative methods are best suited to exploring simple and Quantitative research consists in examining relationships measurable traits, or combinations thereof, in large and more or between variables, how variables depend on each other, and less homogeneous populations. For more complex and why. This will help to establish the conclusions of the unmeasurable indicators, it is necessary to scale, and their predetermined research hypotheses 1 - 3 and then to meet the reliability and comparability naturally fall, especially if the objective - the proposal for measures and recommendations for questions are not formulated unambiguously. Therefore, solving individual identified problems (see previous section). quantitative methods are combined with qualitative (Punch, 2015). - 157 - AD ALTA JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH Variables of quantitative research for assembling the 12_Improvement of the state of building amenities questionnaire: (general opinion of respondents – open-ended question) 1_Demographic information 3.1 Data Collection (>60 years old; 45-60 years old; 30-44 years old; 20-29 years old; 15-19 years old) Using the CAWI and PAPI methods A questionnaire entitled Exploration of Usability and Spatial 2_Permanent residence Effectiveness of Building Amenities of Apartment Buildings (Prague; Central Bohemia Region; South Bohemian Region; was publicly available on the Netquest Portal to create a wide Pilsen Region; Karlovy Vary Region; Ústí Region; Liberec range of respondents from May – October 2018 (Portal for Region; Hradec Králové Region; Pardubice Region; South creating and publishing surveys in the form of questionnaires). Moravian Region, Olomouc Region; Zlín Region; Moravian- The number of completed questionnaires is 150 - it can be said Silesian Region) that this number is more than sufficient for the relevance of quantitative research. (Punch, 2015) 3_Housing type (brick building, panel building) 4 Result of Questionnaire Survey 4_Form of housing 1_Age structure of respondents: (private ownership, leased housing, cooperative housing, other use of apartment) 5_Size of apartment (1+0; 1+kk; 1+1; 2+kk; 2+1; 3+kk; 3+1; 4+kk; 4+1; larger than preceding, atypical layout) 6_Existence of building amenities (mailbox; baby carriage and bicycle storage room; waste placement; basement storage units; utility room; heating equipment rooms; parking areas; storerooms for maintenance, laundry room, laundry drying room, ironing/mangle room; cleaning utility room; rug beating room; social gathering room; modification of flat roofs) 7_Real usability of building amenities Graph 1: Age structure of respondents. Author’s design. (mailbox; baby carriage and bicycle storage room; waste placement; basement storage units; utility room; heating This question could be viewed as the age structure of the equipment rooms; parking areas; storerooms for maintenance, respondents, which, of course, is important from a demographic laundry room, laundry drying room, ironing/mangle room; point of view in any questionnaire survey. It is clear from the cleaning utility room; rug beating room; social gathering room; Graph that most of the respondents who submitted the modification of flat roofs) questionnaire fall into the age group of 30-44 years old, regardless of gender. Another notable group is the 45-60 years 8_Sufficiency of building amenities old group and also 20-29 years old, all age groups of respondents (baby carriage and bicycle storage room; basement storage units; of working age. These results could further be used for other utility room; storerooms for maintenance, laundry room, laundry demographic calculation methods for the population structure drying room, ironing/mangle room; cleaning utility room; social that are not currently the subject of this research design. gathering room; modification of flat roofs) 2_Permanent Residence of Respondents: 9_Necessity of building amenities (mailbox; baby carriage and bicycle storage room; waste placement; basement storage units; utility room; heating equipment rooms; parking areas; storerooms for maintenance, laundry room, laundry drying room, ironing/mangle room; cleaning utility room; rug beating room; social gathering room; modification of flat roofs) 10_Functions of building amenities (mailbox; baby carriage and bicycle storage room; waste placement; basement storage units; utility room; heating equipment rooms; parking areas; storerooms for maintenance, laundry room, laundry drying room, ironing/mangle
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